E-mail is one of the biggest threats（威胁）to your home computer. By understanding how E-mail works, and by taking some steps in how you deal with reading and writing messages, you can keep this threat out of your computer. When you exchange E-mail with someone else, the messages sent between you and that person pass through several computers before they reach their places. Imagine this conversation as it is taking place in an Internet“room”, a very, very big room. Anyone, or more exactly, any program can probably understand what is being said, because most Internet conversations are not hidden（隐藏）in any way. As a result, others may be listening in, capturing what you send, and using it for their own good.

 

    E-mail-borne viruses（病毒）often arrive in attractive, fantastic appearances, much like the beautiful ads we receive by way of traditional mail that is made to sell us something. By beautiful appearances, an infected（感染）E-mail message seems to be something we want to read from someone we know, not a mean virus ready to destroy or damage our computers.

    There are some steps that you can take to help you decide what to do with every E-mail message with an attachment（附件）that you receive. You should only read a message that passes all of these tests:

    1）The Know Test: Is the E-mail from someone that you know?

    2）The Received Test: Have you received E-mail from this sender before?

    3）The Expect Test: Were you waiting for E-mail with an attachment from this sender?

    4）The Meaning Test: Do the topic line of the E-mail massage and the name of the attachment both have meanings?

    5）The Virus Test: Is the E-mail infected?

1. Which of the following is the main idea of the first paragraph?

    A. We should not exchange our E-mail with someone else.

    B. It is dangerous to read and write E-mail message sat home.

    C. We should learn how E-mail works to take care of our computers.

    D. Our chats on computers are usually going on in a big Internet room.

2. What does the underlined word“capturing”probably mean?

    A. taking               B. hiding         C. receiving           D. destroying

3. As the Internet is open to anyone, we should ___________.

    A. not read and write messages in our home computers

    B. not allow nice advertisements to reach our computers

    C. stop our conversations while someone is listening in it

    D. be careful with the attractive E-mails sent by strangers

4. What is the passage mainly talking about?

A. The threats of E-mail.

B. The safety of home computers.

C. The E-mail-borne viruses.

D. The steps to receive E-mail messages

Early rising is helpful in more（A）_____ one way．First，it helps us to have（B）_____ health．We all need flesh air．It makes our health better（C）做早操．

The air is never so flesh as early in the morning．（D）Early rising helps us in our studies．

In the morning we learn more （E）quickly and find it easy to learn something by heart．

Early rising（F） makes people able to plan the work for the day．We can’t work well without a good plan．Just as the plan for the year should be made in the spring，the plan for a day should be made in the morning．Early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and eat our breakfast．So the popular saying says，"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy，wealthy and wise．"

1．在文中A和B的空白处填入一个适当的单同：______；______

2．将文中划线部分C译成英语：____________________________________

3．将划线部分D改写为：______ ______early helps us in our studies

4．写出文中划线词E和F的同义词或近义词：______；______

5．找出最能表达文章大意的语句：________________________

Are you ready for the coming festive season? What gifts will you give to make your friends feel special? Here teenagers share their ideas for gifts and look forward to the ones they'll get.

Hu Ziwei, 15, Nanjing Foreign Language School

My class will have a gift exchange party, during which we will put on a small talent show. Many of us had our gifts ready a week ago. I believe that the boys will give magic tools, stationary （文具） or sweets, while girls are likely to give dolls or mobile accessories （挂件）.

The biggest fun about these parties is not knowing from whom you'll receive a gift and who will receive your gifts. The computer will decide everything! Our teacher hopes the activity will help us get to know each other better – you see, we've only known each other for three months. I'm looking forward to my surprise gift!

Liu Wei, 17,Beijing No 8 High School

Although my birthday was in November, I'll get a special birthday gift from my classmates this week. A．collective （集体的） birthday party is scheduled for all the students who had birthdays fall in the last six months.

My classroom has been decorated with colorful ribbons and Christmas balls. Someone told me that there will be a huge birthday cake and that a personalized gift sent with best wishes from other students is being prepared for each birthday student. I'm sure we will treasure this event and I'm so looking forward to the big moment!

Yin Zhaohua, 19, Jixi No 1 High School in Heilongjiang

I'm still enjoying the gifts I received on Christmas Eve. Nowadays traditional greeting cards are being replaced with apples and sweets, which symbolize （象征） hope for the year ahead. I got more than 20 apples this Christmas, which means I sent a similar number of apples out. I think apples are healthier, more environmentally and friendly gifts than cards sent through the post.

Wu Shang, 16, Mianyang High School in Sichuan

These last two weeks have been filled with every kind of exam so the atmosphere（气氛） on campus is not at all like a holiday. I miss the days when I got handwritten cards.

In fact, I haven't received or sent holiday cards since the Internet became popular. It's so fast and easy to send an e-card. Also, text messages are fun and convenient （方便的）. I'll send warm hugs to my best friends on New Year's D．ay to let them know that I'll be always there for them.

1. Where is Yin Zhaohua from?

A．He is from the east of China                   B．He is from the capital of China

C．He is from the north of China                  D．He is from the west of China

2. Before the gift exchange party, Hu Ziwei knows _____________

A．from whom she'll receive a gift           B．who will receive her gifts.

C．what gift she will send to her classmates    D．that she may get a magic tool

3. In Liu Wei’s classroom we can’t see _____________ during the collective birthday party.

A．some colorful ribbons                              B．some Christmas balls

C．a huge birthday cake                               D．some mobile accessories

4. On New Year’s D．ay Wu Shang will _____________.

A．have an important exam                   B．send some handwritten cards

C．meet and hug her best friends warmly       D．send some text messages to her friends

5. From the passage we can infer _____________

A．the kids share the same ideas about gifts  

B．the kids will receive and send expensive gifts

C．apples are sent as gifts to keep young kids healthy

D．the kids are trying to show their wishes in different ways

Think you’re ready to keep a pet at home? Having a dog is a wonderful experience, one that brings lots of fun and keeps from being loneliness. But it also needs lots of attention and responsibility (责任).

Before you decide to get a dog, you should prepare yourself and your home. Dogs, especially young ones, need more time and responsibility. While housetraining your dog, plan to take it outside every day. 　61

Don’t let a young dog run freely around your house, or you’ll lose shoes or toys. Dogs also need to exercise twice a day. 　62 We’re talking about a lot of active exercise.

A fenced (篱笆) yard with a doghouse is a good idea, especially for large and active dogs. But dogs should never be left outside alone for long periods of time. They need to be kept company. 　6377

When you take your dog for a walk or run, always keep it on a chain and off other people. You are responsible for accidents and bites caused by your dog. You should always pick up after your dog, no matter where it “does its business”.

Respect your dog. 　64 There’s truth to the saying, “Dogs are man’s best friends!”

　　 A. Housetraining can take up to six months.

　　 B. And it will respect and protect you.

　　 C. Make sure your dog has regular checkups.

D. They should stay inside with the family whenever possible.

　　 E. That doesn’t mean a short walk around the block.